Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
Overview
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
Episodes
1. The Prisoner of Lagny
A young man brings Inspector Torrence a message he found in a bottle drifting on the Seine. It is a desperate call; an old man is sequestered in an abandoned mill that water is gradually invading ... The O Agency is investigating ... In order to be able to touch the heritage of Chauffier-Mignot; Jean Dassonville wants to marry Cécile the daughter of the family. The father not agreeing, he decides to kidnap him and lock him up in an old water mill. But Chauffier-Mignot refuses to sign the marriage authorization and even succeeds in sending a message in a bottle thrown into the river ...
2. The Naked Man
The O Agency, whose exploits, which began last Monday, will be recounted in thirteen weekly episodes, was born in the imagination of Georges Simenon. It is led by two detectives: Joseph Torrence and Emile, a shy-looking young photographer. Today, it is in a Turkish bath, where he is undergoing weight loss, that Torrence investigates. He meets a famous lawyer, Mr. Duboin, and a gangster wanted for two years by the police. A few minutes later, the latter will be assassinated ...
3. The Three Boats of the Calanque
The banker's mistress was murdered in broad daylight, in the open sea, in full sun, in the sight of three witnesses. Fortunately, Émile, from the O Agency, knows the secrets of the bowling alley and the technique of boulantin fishing with piades. Without these talents of society, the mystery would have remained intact, and the murderer unpunished.
Cast & Crew
Pierre Tornade
Joseph Torrence
Jean-Pierre Moulin
Émile le Roux
Michel Robin
Barbet
Marlène Jobert
Mademoiselle Berthe
